Economy

This tag highlights content related to economic systems, trends, and impacts — including topics such as macroeconomic analysis, financial markets, economic policy, and sustainable growth.

Lithuania decade's most improved country in region, leading prosperity report finds

Lithuania decade's most improved country in region, leading prosperity report finds

Estonia is named the most prosperous country in Eastern Europe, and the 21st globally, in the newly-released 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index. Legatum’s 16th annual survey praises the Baltic country’s “effective policy response” to Covid, which meant “Estonia’s pandemic-period contraction was one of the smallest in Europe”, and

EU's highest inflation in Hungary, Baltics

EU's highest inflation in Hungary, Baltics

1 min read Economy, Eurostat

Annual inflation in the EU was 10% in January, according to the latest report from EU statistics office Eurostat.  Of the 12 countries with inflation rates above the EU average of 10%, 11 were from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with the highest annual inflation rates found in Hungary (26.

Hungary secures EUR 1.6bn Vodafone purchase

Hungary secures EUR 1.6bn Vodafone purchase

2 min read Economy, Hungary, 4iG, Vodafone

Hungary has finalised a deal to acquire Vodafone Europe’s Hungarian unit for HUF 660bn (EUR 1.6bn) in the largest state purchase since the change of regime in 1990. The Hungarian state made the deal through its holding company Corvinus, which has obtained a 49% stake, while government-linked company

Croatia plans partial Sunday shopping ban

Croatia plans partial Sunday shopping ban

Croatia has decided to introduce compulsory shop closures on Sundays, Croatian Employment and Family Minister Marin Piletic told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Thursday, 1 November. “The law will allow retail staff to spend Sunday with their families,” Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said. According to the proposed amendments